2019 ANA Inspiration
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 4–7, 2019 |
| Location | Rancho Mirage, California 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W |
| Course(s) | Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,763 yards (6,184 m) |
| Prize fund | $3.0 million |
| Location map | |
  Rancho Mirage Location in the United States  Rancho Mirage Location in California | |
The 2019 ANA Inspiration is the 48th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held April 4–7, 2019 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 37th year as a major championship, and Golf Channel will televise the event for the ninth consecutive year.
Field
Players who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.[1]
1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations
Donna Andrews, Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Inbee Park, Morgan Pressel, Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Yani Tseng, Karrie Webb, Yoo Sun-young
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five years
Chun In-gee, Georgia Hall, Brooke Henderson, Ariya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, In-Kyung Kim, Brittany Lang, Mo Martin, Park Sung-hyun, Michelle Wie
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous five years
Kim Hyo-joo, Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2016 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2019 ANA Inspiration
Marina Alex, Céline Boutier, Carlota Ciganda, Shanshan Feng, Nasa Hataoka, Charley Hull, Jang Ha-na, Ji Eun-hee, Moriya Jutanugarn, Cristie Kerr, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Ko Jin-young, Nelly Korda, Jessica Korda, Minjee Lee, Lee Mi-hyang, Mirim Lee, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Caroline Masson, Haru Nomura, Annie Park, Jenny Shin, Thidapa Suwannapura, Amy Yang
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
Brittany Altomare, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Hannah Green, Lee Jeong-eun, Azahara Muñoz, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara
7. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Ricoh Women's British Open and The Evian Championship
Austin Ernst, Mamiko Higa, Wei-Ling Hsu, Sarah Jane Smith, Patty Tavatanakit, Angel Yin
8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list
Aditi Ashok, Ashleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Caroline Inglis, Haeji Kang, Megan Khang, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Yu Liu, Ally McDonald, Su-Hyun Oh, Jane Park, Park Hee-young, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas, Mariah Stackhouse, Emma Talley, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine
9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 11, 2019
10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money list
Ahn Sun-ju, Bae Seon-woo, Jiyai Shin, Anne Van Dam
11. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition
March 31
12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
Already qualified
13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition
Kristen Gillman (a)
14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Gerina Piller
15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players
Rachel Heck (a), Frida Kinhult (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)
References
- ^ "Final Player Field". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved March 28, 2019.